Channelling the sounds of classic hard rock and metal bands of decades gone by, Bolton-based Room: IV are a welcome reminder of no-frills, good old rock'n'roll.
Discover This: Room: IV
Discover This: The Fangs Of The Dodo
With Halloween around the corner, you'd be wise to be wary of all things nightmarish and villainous coming your way. But we fully recommend you allow Bath band The Fangs Of The Dodo to guide you through their dystopian fairground of ghoulish monstrosity.
New Band of the Week: Salt Hill
Having eased people into their alternative-rock meets metal sound with their debut EP, Merseyside/Chesire rockers Salt Hill have ripped the lid off their experimental edge with their superb new single Summit.
New Band of the Week: Ten Thousand Monsters
Based between Lisbon and Coventry, newcomers Ten Thousand Monsters announced their enthralling, hard-hitting rock sound on the world by dropping their first three tracks earlier this month.
New Band of the Week: IO
Telling us that your brand new metal band is "as metal as metal gets" is a surefire way to get our musical antennae to full attention.
New Band of the Week: Novustory
They may describe themselves as 'alternative rock' but Bury quartet Novustory embody the hard-hitting power and sass of their heavier rock and metal counterparts.
New Band of the Week: The Battery Farm
Fusing nihilism with hope and rage with joy, Manchester newcomers The Battery Farm offer up a viciously appealing sound that's laced with passion and pain.
Discover This: Crushed Beaks
South London-based Crushed Beaks have honed a really cool sound that fuses indie rock with elements of psych, post-punk and garage rock - so expect plenty of catchy vocals and funky noodling guitar riffs.
New Band of the Week: District 13
London rockers District 13 introduced themselves to us as Black Sabbath meets The Ramones, while revealing that frontman Jon Wild has been described as a cross between Kurt Cobain and Sid Vicious. So we, of course, had no option but to explore further.
Introducing: Neverlanded
If you like your rock grungey and laden with dirty fuzzy guitars then you are in exactly the right place with London trio Neverlanded.
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